Fathers in attachment theory and research: a review

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What about the child's tie to the father? A new insight into fathering, father–child attachment, children's socio-emotional development and the activation relationship theory (2013, background): “…their fathers (Clarke-Stewart, 1978; Kotelchuck, 1976; Lamb, 1977a,b; Schaffer & Emerson, 1964), but more and more researchers agree that this relationship develops through different mechanisms (Bretherton, 2010; Dumont & Paquette, 2008; Kazura, 2000; Newland & Coyl, 2010; Saracho & Spodek, 2008).”
The Ecology of Father‐Child Relationships: An Expanded Model (2014, methodology): “, mothers, fathers, children) who are part of the parent–child system (Bretherton, 2010).”
Early Attachment Network with Mother and Father: An Unsettled Issue (2018, background): “However, in recent decades, expectations relating to gender roles and parenting have changed the normative patterns of early childhood care to involve both parents to various degrees, as reﬂected in the inclusion of fathers in infant attachment theory and research (5).”